chadk - Funny Dana would say "compare us to boxing" because we had an African kid from the gym make $6,000 in his 5th pro boxing match back in 2006. He was 3-0-1 at the time with no knockouts and wasn't well known at all. I understand the points made about UFC covering all production costs, marketing, etc but their pay still seems damned low to me.

"I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it." John Cholish

You see this is where he becomes a retard. Besides his mother, who's paying to watch John Cholish? do you think zuffa sells 6k dollars worth of tickets and ppv buys because john cholish is on the card?

The reality is zuffa is losing money short term by paying a guy like cholish 6k because zuffa isnt selling anywhere close to 6k dollars worth of tickets or ppv buys because john cholish is on the card.

This why the country is going down. We have spawned a bunch of retards who think they are entitled to stuff... just because.

MMALOGIC - "I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it." John Cholish

You see this is where he becomes a retard. Besides his mother, who's paying to watch John Cholish? do you think zuffa sells 6k dollars worth of tickets and ppv buys because john cholish is on the card?

The reality is zuffa is losing money short term by paying a guy like cholish 6k because zuffa isnt selling anywhere close to 6k dollars worth of tickets or ppv buys because john cholish is on the card.

This why the country is going down. We have spawned a bunch of retards who think they are entitled to stuff... just because.

what credentials do you have to call an ivy league grad, finance professional and former UFC fighter retarded?

MMALOGIC - "I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it." John Cholish

You see this is where he becomes a retard. Besides his mother, who's paying to watch John Cholish? do you think zuffa sells 6k dollars worth of tickets and ppv buys because john cholish is on the card?

The reality is zuffa is losing money short term by paying a guy like cholish 6k because zuffa isnt selling anywhere close to 6k dollars worth of tickets or ppv buys because john cholish is on the card.

This why the country is going down. We have spawned a bunch of retards who think they are entitled to stuff... just because.

what credentials do you have to call an ivy league grad, finance professional and former UFC fighter retarded?

Seriously. People throw around the whole "paid poster" accusation a lot, but other than CindyO I didn't think that held any water. I think I've gotta put MMALOGIC at number 2 on that list.

Chris Brennan is right--but if all those guys were released, there would be a flood of talent on the market. . . and available for other outlets. . . and require the UFC to continously "bid" to obtain talent . . .

If you see something is wrong, you complain about it. Looking at what Paul Daley is doing, he's under contract with Bellator but something is wrong and he brought it up. When you don't bring up anything until you get cut (or retire right before you get cut like Cholish) you lose credibility. News flash, owners make more money than players do. If you think the contract is unfair, don't sign it. My point is that with the UFC pay has gone up, they now have insurance that even covers injuries sustained while training and the fighters are beginning to attract high level sponsorships. This is what has happened since 2001. Show me any major sport that treated its employees as well as the UFC has after their first 12 years of existence.

dubate -
If you see something is wrong, you complain about it. Looking at what Paul Daley is doing, he's under contract with Bellator but something is wrong and he brought it up. When you don't bring up anything until you get cut (or retire right before you get cut like Cholish) you lose credibility. News flash, owners make more money than players do. If you think the contract is unfair, don't sign it. My point is that with the UFC pay has gone up, they now have insurance that even covers injuries sustained while training and the fighters are beginning to attract high level sponsorships. This is what has happened since 2001. Show me any major sport that treated its employees as well as the UFC has after their first 12 years of existence.

Actually, in sports, owners don't make more than players. Not in any of the sports.

dubate -
If you see something is wrong, you complain about it. Looking at what Paul Daley is doing, he's under contract with Bellator but something is wrong and he brought it up. When you don't bring up anything until you get cut (or retire right before you get cut like Cholish) you lose credibility. News flash, owners make more money than players do. If you think the contract is unfair, don't sign it. My point is that with the UFC pay has gone up, they now have insurance that even covers injuries sustained while training and the fighters are beginning to attract high level sponsorships. This is what has happened since 2001. Show me any major sport that treated its employees as well as the UFC has after their first 12 years of existence.

Actually, in sports, owners don't make more than players. Not in any of the sports.

I was referring to individual players obviously the collective will make more once you factor in expenses.

dubate -
If you see something is wrong, you complain about it. Looking at what Paul Daley is doing, he's under contract with Bellator but something is wrong and he brought it up. When you don't bring up anything until you get cut (or retire right before you get cut like Cholish) you lose credibility. News flash, owners make more money than players do. If you think the contract is unfair, don't sign it. My point is that with the UFC pay has gone up, they now have insurance that even covers injuries sustained while training and the fighters are beginning to attract high level sponsorships. This is what has happened since 2001. Show me any major sport that treated its employees as well as the UFC has after their first 12 years of existence.

"Show me any major sport that treated its employees as well as the UFC has after their first 12 years of existence"To be fair its hard to compare the ufc now to say 1870 when baseball was getting off the ground. Times were a bit different, diphtheria and tb and shrapnel from the civil war were like the leading causes of death

Stephie Daniels: After your interview with Ariel Helwani,Dana White has made some unfavorable comments directed at you. How do you feel about him sort of throwing you under the bus like that?

John Cholish: It's a little upsetting. I wasn't upset so much about the personal attack towards me. I felt it was more of an insult to all the fighters on the roster that he did not address a single one of my questions. I think they're important questions and they should be answered. Just from the support I've seen from MMA fans, it seems like they want some answers, too.

It's sad because any company I have ever worked for, or any professional sports organization in general, you would never hear a commissioner or a CEO speak about a former or current employee in the manner that Dana continuously speaks about his current and former fighters. Maybe that's just how the company is rub, but it seems unacceptable to me.

It would be nice if Zuffa answered those questions, not only for the fighters currently on their roster, but for other up and coming fighters that are just getting into the sport.

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Stephie Daniels: You mentioned that there are other fighters that share your opinions, but don't want to have their voices heard or be recognized for those opinions out of fear of repercussions. How many of those guys or what percentage would you estimate do share your opinions?

John Cholish: I would say 90% including some top tier fighters. It's interesting when you look at an event that takes place over the weekend, and the reported salaries for the entire roster on that card, 24 fighters or so, can be covered alone with the in-gate ticket sales at the venue. That's before you even get to the PPV, the licensing, the merchandising, the advertising and the contracted revenue with companies like FOX.

I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it.

++++

Sadly, Dana can just ignore this issue and it will eventually disappear.

What a joke. He forgets to mention that the top fighters get points on PPV.

He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years.

Stephie Daniels: After your interview with Ariel Helwani,Dana White has made some unfavorable comments directed at you. How do you feel about him sort of throwing you under the bus like that?

John Cholish: It's a little upsetting. I wasn't upset so much about the personal attack towards me. I felt it was more of an insult to all the fighters on the roster that he did not address a single one of my questions. I think they're important questions and they should be answered. Just from the support I've seen from MMA fans, it seems like they want some answers, too.

It's sad because any company I have ever worked for, or any professional sports organization in general, you would never hear a commissioner or a CEO speak about a former or current employee in the manner that Dana continuously speaks about his current and former fighters. Maybe that's just how the company is rub, but it seems unacceptable to me.

It would be nice if Zuffa answered those questions, not only for the fighters currently on their roster, but for other up and coming fighters that are just getting into the sport.

++++

Stephie Daniels: You mentioned that there are other fighters that share your opinions, but don't want to have their voices heard or be recognized for those opinions out of fear of repercussions. How many of those guys or what percentage would you estimate do share your opinions?

John Cholish: I would say 90% including some top tier fighters. It's interesting when you look at an event that takes place over the weekend, and the reported salaries for the entire roster on that card, 24 fighters or so, can be covered alone with the in-gate ticket sales at the venue. That's before you even get to the PPV, the licensing, the merchandising, the advertising and the contracted revenue with companies like FOX.

I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it.

++++

Sadly, Dana can just ignore this issue and it will eventually disappear.

What a joke. He forgets to mention that the top fighters get points on PPV.

He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years.

so including those points what % of revenue are fighters getting paid?

"He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years." are you suggesting they did this out of the goodness of their hearts? You still have to pay your employees even if you aren't making money.

MMALOGIC - "I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it." John Cholish

You see this is where he becomes a retard. Besides his mother, who's paying to watch John Cholish? do you think zuffa sells 6k dollars worth of tickets and ppv buys because john cholish is on the card?

The reality is zuffa is losing money short term by paying a guy like cholish 6k because zuffa isnt selling anywhere close to 6k dollars worth of tickets or ppv buys because john cholish is on the card.

This why the country is going down. We have spawned a bunch of retards who think they are entitled to stuff... just because.

Cholish's last fight aired live on the prelims on Fuel. That in itself brings ad revenue.

Stephie Daniels: After your interview with Ariel Helwani,Dana White has made some unfavorable comments directed at you. How do you feel about him sort of throwing you under the bus like that?

John Cholish: It's a little upsetting. I wasn't upset so much about the personal attack towards me. I felt it was more of an insult to all the fighters on the roster that he did not address a single one of my questions. I think they're important questions and they should be answered. Just from the support I've seen from MMA fans, it seems like they want some answers, too.

It's sad because any company I have ever worked for, or any professional sports organization in general, you would never hear a commissioner or a CEO speak about a former or current employee in the manner that Dana continuously speaks about his current and former fighters. Maybe that's just how the company is rub, but it seems unacceptable to me.

It would be nice if Zuffa answered those questions, not only for the fighters currently on their roster, but for other up and coming fighters that are just getting into the sport.

++++

Stephie Daniels: You mentioned that there are other fighters that share your opinions, but don't want to have their voices heard or be recognized for those opinions out of fear of repercussions. How many of those guys or what percentage would you estimate do share your opinions?

John Cholish: I would say 90% including some top tier fighters. It's interesting when you look at an event that takes place over the weekend, and the reported salaries for the entire roster on that card, 24 fighters or so, can be covered alone with the in-gate ticket sales at the venue. That's before you even get to the PPV, the licensing, the merchandising, the advertising and the contracted revenue with companies like FOX.

I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it.

++++

Sadly, Dana can just ignore this issue and it will eventually disappear.

What a joke. He forgets to mention that the top fighters get points on PPV.

He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years.

so including those points what % of revenue are fighters getting paid?

"He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years." are you suggesting they did this out of the goodness of their hearts? You still have to pay your employees even if you aren't making money.

I think that most UFC shows see fighters getting 20-35% of gate+PPV. We have gotten a glimpse with the details of the contracts of Couture and Overeem and the offer made to Eddie.

Bottom line is that main eventers and co-main eventers make far more than is listed.

And, based on numerous comments from current and former UFC fighters, guys that either win or lose exciting fights generally pick up extra pay.

Is it perfect? No. Should prelim guys make a bit more? Yes. Should guys that go 1-2 in the UFC make career wages? I don't think so.

MMALOGIC - "I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it." John Cholish

You see this is where he becomes a retard. Besides his mother, who's paying to watch John Cholish? do you think zuffa sells 6k dollars worth of tickets and ppv buys because john cholish is on the card?

The reality is zuffa is losing money short term by paying a guy like cholish 6k because zuffa isnt selling anywhere close to 6k dollars worth of tickets or ppv buys because john cholish is on the card.

This why the country is going down. We have spawned a bunch of retards who think they are entitled to stuff... just because.

Cholish's last fight aired live on the prelims on Fuel. That in itself brings ad revenue.

Not when you are an interchangeable part. When I work on the factory line building Honda's, only in the broadest sense am I bringing revenue to the company. To put it another way, if you swapped him out with a different fighter from the roster would anyone outside of his immediate circle have complained?

Stephie Daniels: After your interview with Ariel Helwani,Dana White has made some unfavorable comments directed at you. How do you feel about him sort of throwing you under the bus like that?

John Cholish: It's a little upsetting. I wasn't upset so much about the personal attack towards me. I felt it was more of an insult to all the fighters on the roster that he did not address a single one of my questions. I think they're important questions and they should be answered. Just from the support I've seen from MMA fans, it seems like they want some answers, too.

It's sad because any company I have ever worked for, or any professional sports organization in general, you would never hear a commissioner or a CEO speak about a former or current employee in the manner that Dana continuously speaks about his current and former fighters. Maybe that's just how the company is rub, but it seems unacceptable to me.

It would be nice if Zuffa answered those questions, not only for the fighters currently on their roster, but for other up and coming fighters that are just getting into the sport.

++++

Stephie Daniels: You mentioned that there are other fighters that share your opinions, but don't want to have their voices heard or be recognized for those opinions out of fear of repercussions. How many of those guys or what percentage would you estimate do share your opinions?

John Cholish: I would say 90% including some top tier fighters. It's interesting when you look at an event that takes place over the weekend, and the reported salaries for the entire roster on that card, 24 fighters or so, can be covered alone with the in-gate ticket sales at the venue. That's before you even get to the PPV, the licensing, the merchandising, the advertising and the contracted revenue with companies like FOX.

I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it.

++++

Sadly, Dana can just ignore this issue and it will eventually disappear.

What a joke. He forgets to mention that the top fighters get points on PPV.

He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years.

so including those points what % of revenue are fighters getting paid?

"He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years." are you suggesting they did this out of the goodness of their hearts? You still have to pay your employees even if you aren't making money.

And they did pay them. And they are still paying them very well.

I am a huge MMA fan and I have no clue who this guy is. Why should the UFC be paying this guy more?

I have trained with quite a few pro boxers and kickboxers. They all had second jobs. Why should some no name fighter make a huge salary in MMA?

Stephie Daniels: After your interview with Ariel Helwani,Dana White has made some unfavorable comments directed at you. How do you feel about him sort of throwing you under the bus like that?

John Cholish: It's a little upsetting. I wasn't upset so much about the personal attack towards me. I felt it was more of an insult to all the fighters on the roster that he did not address a single one of my questions. I think they're important questions and they should be answered. Just from the support I've seen from MMA fans, it seems like they want some answers, too.

It's sad because any company I have ever worked for, or any professional sports organization in general, you would never hear a commissioner or a CEO speak about a former or current employee in the manner that Dana continuously speaks about his current and former fighters. Maybe that's just how the company is rub, but it seems unacceptable to me.

It would be nice if Zuffa answered those questions, not only for the fighters currently on their roster, but for other up and coming fighters that are just getting into the sport.

++++

Stephie Daniels: You mentioned that there are other fighters that share your opinions, but don't want to have their voices heard or be recognized for those opinions out of fear of repercussions. How many of those guys or what percentage would you estimate do share your opinions?

John Cholish: I would say 90% including some top tier fighters. It's interesting when you look at an event that takes place over the weekend, and the reported salaries for the entire roster on that card, 24 fighters or so, can be covered alone with the in-gate ticket sales at the venue. That's before you even get to the PPV, the licensing, the merchandising, the advertising and the contracted revenue with companies like FOX.

I don't know the exact numbers, but it's pretty obscene when you look at the revenue that the UFC is taking in, compared to the portion that they're giving back to the fighters. Last I checked, the fans are buying the PPV to see the guys inside the cage, not the owners sitting outside of it.

++++

Sadly, Dana can just ignore this issue and it will eventually disappear.

What a joke. He forgets to mention that the top fighters get points on PPV.

He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years.

so including those points what % of revenue are fighters getting paid?

"He also forgets to mention that Zuffa was still paying fighters when it was losing money hand over fist for several years." are you suggesting they did this out of the goodness of their hearts? You still have to pay your employees even if you aren't making money.

And they did pay them. And they are still paying them very well.

I am a huge MMA fan and I have no clue who this guy is. Why should the UFC be paying this guy more?

I have trained with quite a few pro boxers and kickboxers. They all had second jobs. Why should some no name fighter make a huge salary in MMA?

Because he's in the UFC that's why. If they don't think he's worth it he shouldn't be in the UFC. Simple as that. Make the UFC better. Make it harder to be a UFC fighter. Make it something you have to earn with more than 3, 4, or 5 fights.

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